Sometimes when I’m feeling blue, I just want to fly away. This has been a strange and tough week. My better half has been gone for the most of the week to New Zealand for a conference. I have been getting the girls up, dressed, lunches packed, dropped off to school, to work myself, pick up the girls in the evening, make dinner, put gals in bed, clean house, do laundry and etc. I just really, really appreciate single parents. I don’t know how they do it. I’m buggered!

Work has been particularly challenging at the same time. The end of the financial year is upon us and we are massively over budget (like me personally - go figure) to the tune of several million. I submitted a budget for next financial year only to have it shredded by god today and was told I would likely need to reduce staffing to accommodate a balanced budget! This is in an environment where staff are massively stressed already and I face 33% turnover rate due to workload pressures. So, I’m back to the drawing board. I’m pulling in a financial consultant to draw up a budget/workload analysis to see if I can placate the powers that be.

So, all in all, this week has sucked pretty hard. I’ll be glad when my better half returns next week. Until then, I’ll just dream of sprouting wings and soaring someplace calm.